Rey Anthony Chiu
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol,
October 15 (PIA) — Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala gave to Bohol a total
of P254-M worth of farm implements, projects, crucial farm roads, inputs,
and fishing gears to highlight the government’s goal of food sufficiency as
Bohol commemorated World Food Day on October 14.
Alcala, who was the guest of honor
during the event held at the Bohol Cultural Center, symbolically handed over
P153-M farm to market roads in Balilihan, Catigbian, Sagbayan and Loboc
through the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP).
This comprises more than half of the
entire amount the agriculture department handed to Bohol.
Other than those, through the
government’s Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB), DA also turned over farm to market
roads in Dauis, President Carlos P. Garcia, Talibon, Bilar, Carmen, Duero and
Sierra Bullones.
This, according to Jake Madrio of
DA, is a total of P41.27 million.
The agriculture department, in its
effort to sustain the food supply by supporting new farming technologies in
Bohol and the Visayas, handed 4WD 90 HP tractors to Mabini, Maribojoc and
Loon, the same tractor and combined with a harvester to the Ubay Stock Farm and
the Provincial Agriculture Office amounting to P6.4 million.
Other 45 HP 4WD tractors went to
Loon, Calape and Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center, goods worth P2.3 million.
For San Miguel Caluasan Farms
service provider and the Malingin Irrigation System Farm service providers, DA
turned over 35 HP 4WD tractors worth P1.5 million.
For smaller farms where tractors are
impractical, DA also gave hand tractors with trailer for irrigation system
based services to San Jose Mabini IA, San Rafael-Bangi IA in Mabini and the
Malingin IA in Ubay, these farm implements costing the government P260K.
The DA secretary also handed had
tractors with cultivator to Carmen's La Salvacion FA and LGU San Miguel,
Madrio said.
Bohol being the only province
with high rice sufficiency level, DA also gave rice threshers with blowers for
irrigation systems in San Jose Lamak IA Mabini, San Rafael-Bangi IA Mabini,
Malingin IA Ubay, San Miguel Caluasan Dagohoy and Malingin IA Ubay worth P1.4M.
The DA secretary from Quezon also
handed pedal threshers for San Jose-Lamak IA Mabini, San Rafael-Bangi IA
Mabini, Malingin IA Ubay and other floating tillers for 14 other farmer organizations
worth over P2 million.
With Sec. Alcala at the
ceremonies were DA Regional Director Angel Enriqiez, BFAR Regional Director
Alan Poquita, DA and BFAR-7 support staff, Bohol DA-Agricultural promotion
Center manager Engr. Eugene Cahiles, ATI manager Dr Carol Daquio,
Gov. Edgar Chatto, BM Cesar Tomas Lopez and ten mayors recipients of
agricultural implements. (rmn/rac/PIA-7/Bohol)